Woman Hires Assassin to Kill Her Husband So She Can Continue Having Sex With His Brother

A Zimbabwe woman who was having sex with her
husband’s brother ordered and paid some cash so that
her husband could be murdered.
Thirty-two-year-old Sphiwe Moyo of Zvishavane and
her lover, Witness Maphosa killed Knowledge. The two
appeared in court on June 8, 2015, charged with
murder.
Witness admitted to committing the chilling crime while
his sister-in-law-cum-lover denies involvement.
Court records show that Maphosa — a gold panner —
was once married to another woman whom he left
before settling down with Moyo. Witness lived at the
same homestead and over time became “more and
more comfortable” around his brother’s wife.
And so began their adulterous affair whose passionate
flickers grew into tongues of fire, consuming
relationships and friendships. On June 2, 2015, the
lovers allegedly stitched together a plan to murder
Maphosa. Though the motive is unstated, it appears
they wanted to continue their affair freely.
Moyo — it is alleged — paid Witness US$10 to carry
out the hit, promising a further US$40 once the job
was done. They went over the plan on June 3 while
Maphosa slept in his hut.
Time was up: The target was to slip into much deeper
slumber, never to awake. The two, the court heard,
entered the hut and Witness got hold of an axe with
which he struck Maphosa three times on the head,
opening his skull.
Afterwards, they placed a rock over his head and
covered the body with clothes. Moyo then sprinkled
mealie-meal over the blood, locked the door from
outside and disappeared into the night.
The next morning, relatives became curious when they
noticed how the door had been locked.
They barged into the hut, and to their horror found
Maphosa’s motionless form. As investigators camped
the hut, the obvious question kept coming back: Where
was Maphosa’s wife? Moyo was arrested in
Mberengwa after swift detective work. She implicated
Witness, who was subsequently arrested on June 6,
Kuzeyanyaya News reports.